Sir Byrom Bramwell

Biographical Summary

BRAMWELL, SIR BYROM. 18/12/1847-27/04/1931. Ref: 1758. Male.

• Titles and British Honours: Knight(1924).
• Place of Birth: North Shields, Northumberland.
• Place of Death: Edinburgh.
• Profession: Physician.
• Appointments Held: Physician 1874-9, Newcastle; Physician & Lecturer 1879-, Edinburgh, Pathologist 1882, Assistant Physician 1885, Physician 1897-1912, Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.
• Schools and Tutors: Cheltenham College, Gloucestershire.
• Undergraduate Studies: Edinburgh University.
• Postgraduate Studies: MD(Durham 1877), LL.D(Hon Edinburgh, St Andrews, Birmingham). DCL(Hon Durham).
• Marital Status: Married (1872) Martha Crighton d. 1919.
• Family: Sons, Edwin Bramwell FRSE 1873-1952. Byrom Stanley Bramwell, FRSE 1877-1948.
• Mother: Mary Young.
• Father: John Byrom Bramwell, MD.
• References: DNB, 1931-40,1949, 100-1; Proc Roy Soc Edinb, 51, 1930-31, 224-31; Who Was Who 3.
• Memberships: FRCPE(1880 President 1910-12), FRCP(1923), President, Association of Physicians of Gt Brit. & Ireland.
• Date of Election: 03/05/1886.
• Proposers: Sir William Turner, James Cossar Ewart, Robert Gray, Peter Guthrie Tait, (Billet 1/3,15/3,5/4,19/4/1886).
• Service to the RSE: Councillor 1890-3.
• Fellow Type: OF.

SOURCE: Waterston, Charles D; Macmillan Shearer, A (July 2006). Biographical index of former fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1783-2002: Biographical Index. I. Edinburgh: The Royal Society of Edinburgh. ISBN 978-0-902198-84-5. page 108

Other References

• "Byrom (Sir) Bramwell", Munk's Roll, Royal College of Physicians of London